# Kraut
## English
### Alternative forms

* kraut

### Etymology

From German Kraut (“cabbage”), alluding to the use of cabbage as an ingredient in German cuisine (namely sauerkraut). First use appears c. 1833-1837, but popularized during the First and Second World Wars.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kɹaʊt/
* (Canada) IPA: /kɹʌʊt/
* Rhymes: -aʊt
* Audio (General Australian):(file)

### Noun

Kraut (plural Krauts)
* (ethnic slur, offensive, derogatory, slang) A German. [from 1841]
    Synonyms: Boche, Fritz, jerry, Hun, sauerkraut
    Coordinate terms: frog, rosbif
** 1991, Art Spiegelman, Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began, New York: Pantheon Books, page 112:Those Krauts can't hurt you anymore. The only ones left are dead or dying.

#### Derived terms

* krautish
* krautland
* kraut land
* Krautland
* krautrock
* Krautspeak
* Krautwagon

#### Translations
### References

* ↑ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “kraut”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
* ↑ “Kraut”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

### Anagrams

* Kartu, kurta

## German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʁaʊ̯t/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Etymology 1

Inherited from Middle High German krūt, from Old High German krūt, chrūt, from Proto-West Germanic *krūd (“plant, vegetable, herb”).

#### Noun

Kraut n (strong, genitive Krautes or Krauts, plural Kräuter, diminutive Kräutchen n or Kräutlein n)
* (countable) herb; useful plant (plant used to flavour food, or for medicinal effect)
* (countable, botany) herbaceous plant
* (uncountable, regional, Southern Germany, Austria) cabbage (vegetable)
    Synonym: Kohl
* (uncountable, regional, western Germany) a thick syrup made from sugar beets or, less often, fruit

##### Usage notes

* The sense “cabbage” is found in northern and central Germany only in the words Krautsalat and Sauerkraut, but not otherwise.

##### Declension

$^1$Now rare, see notes.

##### Hyponyms

* Beikraut
* Bohnenkraut
* Brennkraut
* Eisenkraut
* Farnkraut
* Ferkelkraut
* Fingerkraut
* Füllkraut
* Gewürzkraut
* Heidekraut
* Heilkraut
* Johanniskraut
* Leimkraut
* Rübenkraut
* Sauerkraut
* Scharbockskraut
* Schaumkraut
* Seifenkraut
* Suppenkraut
* Tausendgüldenkraut
* Uferkraut
* Unkraut
* Wiesenkraut
* Wildkraut
* Würzkraut

##### Derived terms

* krautartig
* krautig

##### Related terms

* ins Kraut schießen
* Kraut und Rüben
* Kräuterbitter
* Kräuterbutter
* Kräuteressig
* Kräutergarten
* Kräuterheilkunde
* Kräuterkäse
* Kräuterkissen
* Kräuterlikör
* Kräutersammler
* Kräutersoße
* Kräutertee
* Krautrock
* Krautroulade
* Krautsalat
* Krautwickel

### Etymology 2

From English Kraut (“German”), mostly via American films and books about World Wars I and II. The English term is from German sauerkraut, due to the British and American perception of sauerkraut as a stereotypically German dish.

#### Noun

Kraut m (strong, genitive Krauts, plural Krauts)
* (slang, derogatory, offensive) a German (from an Anglo-Saxon perspective)
    Synonym: Fritz

### Further reading

* “Kraut” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “Kraut” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
* “Kraut (Deutscher)” in Duden online
* “Kraut (Meeresfrucht)” in Duden online
* “Kraut (Pflanze, Kohl)” in Duden online

## Hunsrik
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kraʊ̯t/

### Noun

Kraut n (plural Kreiter, diminutive Kreitche)
* herb

#### Derived terms

* Krachkraut

### Noun

Kraut n
* cabbage

#### Derived terms

* Krautstock

### Further reading

* Piter Kehoma Boll (2021) “Kraut”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português (in Portuguese), 3rd edition, Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 97

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

Inherited from Old High German krūt, from Proto-West Germanic *krūd.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kræu̯t/, [kʀæˑʊ̯t]

### Noun

Kraut n (plural Kraider, diminutive Kraidchen)
* herb, plant

### Further reading

* Kraut in the Lëtzebuerger Online Dictionnaire